The Great Transfermation
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The woman who led the cause for women's right to vote.
Nellie Moonie
The political issues women were trying to push by getting the right to vote, specifically the banning of alcohol sales.
Prohibition laws
The name of the women's group that gathered petitions to ban alcohol and advocate for women's suffrage.
Woman Christian Temperance Union
The countries where women could vote.
Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the United States
The first province in Canada to allow women the right to vote and hold political office.
Manitoba
The city with the highest population of foreign-born citizens.
Winnipeg
The name of Rev. Woodworth's mission.
All Peoples Mission
What was the new term being used by various ministries to help Canadianize immigrants? What language did these ministries feel was the national language of Canada?
Assimilation and English
The name of the book published by Rev. Woodworth.
Strangers Within Our Gates
The number of copies sold of Woodworth's book.
10 thousand
The term Rev. Woodworth felt should be used instead of "foreigner."
New Canadians
The nationality of the foreigners who lived on Gold Mountain.
Chinese
The number of people used to build the most difficult part of the national railway.
15 thousand
The slogan associated with the railway and the death of workers.
"1 dead Chinese worker for every mile of track"
The minister who did not want Chinese people to migrate to Canada.
W Leslie Clay
What was the government tax for Chinese immigrants?
$50 head tax (raised to $500)
The result of the tax on immigration in 1901.
It dropped from 5k Immigrants to 8
What happened on July 1,1923 to Chinese immigration? What was this day known as to the Chinese?
Chinese Immigration banned / Humiliation Day
The city John McCrae was from.
Guelph, Ontario
The name of the British flag.
Union Jack
What was going on in Europe in 1906.
An arms race
The name of the bill passed by Laurier in Commons in January 1910.
The Naval Services Bill
The name of the new newspaper started by Henri Bourassa.
Le Devoir
The nickname given to Laurier's navy.
"A tin pot navy"
What the people in the western provinces wanted Laurier to negotiate with the USA.
Free trade with the usa
The language the most powerful bishop felt should be the language of the Catholic Church in North America.
English
The number of ships in Laurier's navy by 1911.
2 ships
The issue that was giving Laurier problems involving the United States.
Free trade and Manifest destiny
The United States' attitude regarding the issue of free trade.
Postive
The person who defeated Laurier in the election of 1911.
Robert Borden
The nations involved in the outbreak of war in Europe.
Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary
The number of troops that left Canada to participate in the war in Europe.
31 thousand
The name of the city where Canadian troops saw their first action and the German's secret weapon.
Ypres, mustard gas
The number of Canadians killed in WW1.
60 thousand